Cow-tail holder.



G. SENFLEBEN, JR.

cow TAIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. I917- Patented May 22, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1917. Serial No. 141,562.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SnNFLnBnN, J12, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Colgate, in the county of Washington and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cow-Tail Holders, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying dravvings which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to cow tail holders.

The milking of cows particularly in fly time, attended with a deal of difficulty mving to the cows natural tendency to swing her tail about without regard with what it comes in contact and thereby not only annoying the milker but also contaminating the milk. It is the essential object of the present invention to secure the cows tail against movement while milking.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient form of tail holder which grips the tail at one end and a portion of the leg ofa cow at the other andv which can be. quickly and'easily applied.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing it applied to a cow;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In general the device comprises a pair of clamps, one to engage the tail and the other the leg of the animal, and means for operating said clamps.

The tail clamp consists of a pair of damp ing members 4: and 5 having diverging handle portions 6 and 7, converging serrated tail-engaging-jaws 8 and 9; said members being pivotally secured together by a pin 10 passing through apertured lugs 11 and 12 on said members 4 and 5 respectively, said lugs having stop shoulders 13 and 14 to limit the outward and inward movement respectively of said jaws.

The le clamp consists of a pair of clamping mem ers 15 and 16 having diverging handle portions 17 and 18, converging jaws 19 and 20 having knobbed ends 21 and 22,

said members being pivotally secured together by a pin 23 passing through apertured lugs 24 and 25 on said members 15 and 16 respectively, said lugs having stop shoulders 26 and 27 to limit the outward and inward movement respectively of said jaws.

It will be noted the stop shoulders limit the inward movement so as to leave both the jaws of the tail clamp and leg clamp open ashort distance so as to prevent injury to the animal.

Though both of these clamps could be connected up together to be operated separately I prefer to connect them together for simultaneously opening and closing them. To this end the handle 6 of the tail clamp and 17 of the leg clamp are pivotally connected together by a pin 28 and the handle 7 of the tail clamp and 18 of the leg clamp are pivotally connected together by a pin 29.

The clamps are normally held in closed or gripping position by means of a spring 30 interposed between the handles of the clamps and surrounding at its ends inwardly extending lugs 31 carried by one set of clamp handles.

The handles of the tail and leg clamps are so curved as to provide a grip for the operator who simply presses inwardly against the action of the spring 30 to open the jaws of both clamps for application to the animal.

The manner of use of the clamp is shown in Fig. 1, the operator positioning the leg clamp so that the knobbed ends thereof engage one leg, preferably the left leg in the loose flesh just back of the ham tendon 32 of the leg above the hook, the knobbed ends preventing injury to the animal and the serrated jaws 8 and 9 clampingly engaging the tail of the cow at or near the bushy end thereof whereby the tail is secured to the body of the animal against movement and without injury. 1

The invention thus exemplifies a simple and efficient device well adapted for the purpose described.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A cow tail holder comprising a pair of pivotally connected together tail engaging members, a pair of pivotally connected together leg engaging members, said pairs of Patented May 22, 1917. j

members being pivotally. connected together gether leg engaging members, said pairs of to permit of being simultaneously opened; members being pivotally connected together and means for automatically moving said for simultaneous movement, andaspring for 1G members to clamping position. 7 normally maintaining said members in i 2. A cow tail holder comprising a pair of closed position. pivotally connected together tail engaging In testimony whereof, I affix my signature. members, a pair of pivotally connected. to- GEORGE SENFLEBEN, JR.

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